Input Ep 73: The 2018 Inputies

Jarrett, Jurge, and Logan are proud to usher in the first Inputies. THE internet gaming award ceremony that really matters, recognizing such important categories as Please Stop, Excuse Me, and Biggest Story.

Part recap, part satire, and part genuine reflection on 2018 and all of its many lows and occasional highs, we are proud to present the Inputs. So sit down, kick your shoes off, and settle in for the longest, most action packed, and decorated episode of Input ever made.

INPUTIES Categories and Nominees:

The Big Mood Award: This Award highlights the biggest theme through the news this year.

Unionization

Exposing abusive work practices

Fucking Fortnite

Billy Mitchell

Winner: Unionization

The “Please Stop” Award: Winner of this award was among the most obnoxious pests of the cycle this year. They are doing too much and it’s almost certainly bad.

Billy Mitchell

PewDiePie

David Cage

Dr. Disrespect

CliffyB

Winner: PewDiePie

Biggest “L” Award: Winner of this award lost big this year, or at the very least, lost very publicly.

Telltale Games

Riot Games

That hacker that Epic sued

The Culling 2

E3

LootBoxes

Nolan Bushnell

Filip Miucin

ROMS

Drake

The Houser Bros

Winner: Filip Miucin; Runner Up: The 13-year-old Epic Games Sued

Biggest Winner Award: The opposite of taking an L is winning. Recipients here succeeded, whether they thought they would or not.

Tyler1

SonicFox

Ninja

Nick Chester

Ok Beast

OWL

The Houser Bros

PopAgenda

Winner: Sonicfox; Runner Up: OK Beast

The Joseph Ferris Award for Keeping it Real: Doctors say that winners of this category are the illest, cuz they suffer from realness.

Rob Zacny

Johnnemann Nordhagen

SonicFox

2 Milly

Jason Schreier

Kaceytron

Jessica Price

Winner:Sonicfox

Du Hast Zeitgeist Award: This award is to commemorate the most aggressive point of interest that fingerpoped the culture this year.

Bowsette

PlayStation Dumping E3

VR Chat

Red Development Redemption

Winner:Red Development Redemption

Best Cecilia D’Anastasio Joint: We clearly love this woman and her work, but what’s the shining star of her bylines this year?

Logan Wilkinson is a twenty-something college graduate from the middle of America. He loves and maintains a childlike wonder over video games. He once had the star role in a 4th grade summer school time traveling movie...so he's kinda a big deal. Follow him on twitter @leftyloggy